Al Gore calls upon tech world to do more to help fight climate change
Gore address the Web Summit in Lisbon and said the technology sector would have the biggest impact in halting climate change.
Nasa recreated Mars on top of a volcano and isolated 6 people there for 8 months. I was one of them
Six researchers spent 8 months living in total isolation inside a small dome to assess the psychological impact of an extended Mars mission.
Shazam for frogs could save amphibians from extinction
The Australian Museum has released FrogId to try and track the population numbers of frog species across the country.
Genetically modified, pre-sliced apples that do not brown to soon hit stores – but will they sell?
Apples get brown because flesh reacts with oxygen due of a certain type of enzyme. Scientists simply deleted the gene that codes for this enzyme.
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Hubble captures 'light echo' rippling from rare Supernova explosion
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If the Chicxulub asteroid hadn't hit Mexico, the dinosaurs might not have gone extinct
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This bone-crushing giant otter was a top predator 6 million years ago
Weighing around 50kg, Siamogale melilutra was much larger than any other living otter and likely would have been a formidable hunter as a result of its powerful bite and size.
SpaceX's next-gen Merlin rocket engine explodes during key test in Texas
"We are now conducting a thorough and fully transparent investigation of the root cause," the company said.
Scientists implant 'human brain' into minds of rats and mice, sparking Frankenstein rodent fears
Critics have pointed out that such experiments may one day lead to the animals developing some form of enhanced consciousness.
Remarkable 'zombie star' exploded, survived - and then kept on exploding
Astronomers have discovered a cataclysmic event that challenges everything we know about the death of stars.
Bio-engineered mosquitoes can stop spread of dengue, zika and yellow fever
Startup company MosquitoMate will release engineered bugs in 20 US states. If successful, mosquito populations will plummet.
These 145-million-year-old fossil teeth suggest man's earliest ancestors looked like rats
The discovery was made when University of Portsmouth's Grant Smith was looking at Cretaceous-era rocks collected on the coast for a dissertation project.
Does God exist? Lack of humans in space suggests atheists are right
The Christian God is held to be deeply concerned with human beings, but the planet Earth is a drop in this ocean of the universe.
Horrific image of baby and mother elephant being attacked with flaming tar-balls wins photography prize
The disturbing image titled Hell is Here, was taken by Biplab Hazra in eastern India and went on to win the Sanctuary Wildlife Photography Awards 2017.
Watch how the world's most powerful rocket might lift off in this breathtaking video
The first configuration of SLS vehicle will stand 322-ft tall, which is higher than the statue of liberty.
Sheep can recognise celebrities in photographs
Sheep have brains that are similar in size and complexity to those of some monkeys, making them useful models to understand more about human brain disorders.
Shocking video shows 'rubbish island' floating off the coast of Caribbean paradise
"It is up to every one of us to make sure the next generation inherits an ocean that has more fish than plastic."
Spectacular object that could rewrite the history of Ancient Greek art uncovered by archaeologists
The engraved stone seal is so intricate that some details can only be seen with a powerful camera lens.
The subterranean ocean on Saturn's moon Enceladus could have evolved life
Astronomers think that the icy moon is one of the best candidates for finding life outside our planet.
Nasa and Seti want your help to name distant rock for New Horizons' upcoming flyby mission
After the historic flyby of Pluto two years ago, New Horizons is on its way to a large, but rather unimaginatively named, rock called 2014 MU69.
Massive new exoplanet found in Milky Way's central core
According to reports, the new exoplanet is 13.4 times larger than Jupiter and orbits its parent star once in every 3 years at an approximate distance of 2.0 AU.
Frosty Britain: First snow of the year hits CairnGorm as UK braces for record lows
The first snow of the year hit Britain overnight (6 October), as the country braces itself for temperatures that are set to tumble to -10c tonight.
Nasa's early warning network for dangerous asteroids passes a live test
The goal of the exercise was to test the response capability of the network by characterising Asteroid 2012 TC4 as a "potential impactor".
Londoners receive rare glimpse of dolphin swimming in the river Thames
Officers at London's marine policing unit captured this sighting of a dolphin making its way down the Thames.
Blue Planet II: The most incredible creatures we found exploring the Antarctic deep seas
We dived in minisubmarines to 1km deep in the Antarctic for the first time.
Proxima Centauri: Cold dust belt found around nearest star to our solar system
Located some four light-years away in the Centaurus constellation, the faint red dwarf is known to host a planet roughly the size of Earth.
Comet 96P 'Machholz' spotted again, this time from two different locations in space
"These are the most comprehensive parallel observations of Comet 96P yet," Nasa said.
These creatures will be the first Earth dwellers ever to travel to interstellar space
Scientists have selected the Caenorhabditis elegans and tardigrades to be the first candidates to travel to interstellar space.
Dinosaur-killing asteroid brought cosmic cancer-killing metals to Earth
Scientists found that by filling iridium, a metal delivered by the asteroid, with a kind of poisonous oxygen, cancer cells can be destroyed.
China's secret futuristic spaceplane designed to land horizontally could be launched by 2020
China's space agency reportedly says that the reusable spacecraft is capable of taking off from a runway and shooting across orbital space.
Particle physicists discover mysterious structure in Great Pyramid – here's how they did it
The scientists used particles called muons, which are commonly produced by cosmic rays, to create a picture of the pyramid's internal structure.
This fusion reaction is so powerful that physicists nearly buried the results when they discovered it
The reaction has the potential to release eight times as much energy as the individual fusion reactions in a hydrogen bomb.
It's been 60 years since the first dog in space, Laika, died just 7 hours into orbit
On 3 November 1957, straight dog Laika became the first dog to ever orbit the Earth aboard Sputnik 2, and the first living being to ever do so.
A1689B11: 11 billion-year-old spiral galaxy is the oldest ever discovered
A galaxy of this kind has never been confirmed so early in the universe's history, according to astronomers.
Cities are making rats, bed bugs and mosquitoes evolve in potentially dangerous ways
Animal evolution is being influenced by the urban environment in ways which could have potentially harmful consequences for humans.
Pictures of the week 28 October to 3 November 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism
The week's best news and sports photos, from Rohingya refugee crisis and Kenya elections, to Halloween and Day of the Dead celebrations.
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